General Riddles

I am heavy and have an odd shape. You drop me when you need me and pick me up when you don't need me. Who am I?
Ship anchor

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?
Answer to this riddle goes as follows: 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple

Find out the difference between 18°C and 64.4°F.
Zero degree

I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I?

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Forward I am ton, backwards I am not

Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
Incorrectly.

I start with T and end with T and have T in me. Who am I?

Which number can you put to fill in the sequence? 23 1 3 25 16 20 6 9 20 ?
19 Explanation: Position of first letter of the words in the question in alphabets.

What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel.

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